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The fuselage is the long main body of a plane — the tube people sit in, or that goods are packed into. The wings, tail, and engines are fixed to it, but they are not the fuselage.
The fuselagefuselage is是 the long main body of a plane飛機長長的主體, — the tube people sit in人坐在裡面的那個管狀構造, or that goods are packed into或貨物裝載的地方. The wings, tail, and engines機翼、尾翼和引擎 are fixed to it都固定在上面, but但 they are not the fuselage它們不是機身.
If you look at a plane from the side, the fuselage is the long middle part from nose to tail. Engineers, accident reports, and news stories use the word; everyday speakers often just say “the body of the plane”.
If you look at a plane from the side如果從側面看一架飛機, the fuselage機身 is就是 the long middle part from nose to tail從機頭到機尾那長長的中間部分. Engineers, accident reports, and news stories工程師、事故報告和新聞報導 use the word會用這個詞; everyday speakers一般人 often just say常常直接說 “the body of the plane”「飛機的機身」.
Though actually, it is not only for passenger jets: a small plane, a fighter, and a cargo aircraft all have a fuselage. The word was borrowed from French, and the shape idea is “like a spindle” — thicker in the middle, toward the ends.
Though actually雖然其實, it is它 not only for passenger jets不只用在客機上: a small propeller plane, a fighter, and a cargo aircraft小型螺旋槳飛機、戰鬥機和貨機 all have a fuselage全都有機身. The word這個詞 was borrowed from French借自法文, and而 the shape idea外型概念 is “like a spindle”就是「像紡錘」 — thicker in the middle中間比較粗, tapering toward the ends兩端逐漸變細.
組成Borrowed from French fuselage. Ultimately from Latin fūsus (spindle). The French built it on the idea of shaping something like a spindle; English took the whole word.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
fuselagenoun/ˈfjuːzəˌlɑːʒ/
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aeronauticsaerospacebusinessThe main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long central structure of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates crew and cargo.
- Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage are testing the detached piece for clues on what led up to the plane’s “explosive decompression” after the missing piece was discovered in an Oregon backyard.
- Wichita, Kansas-based Spirit AeroSystems makes major parts of several Boeing models, including the fuselages for the 737 Max.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。